nano

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million (or more, depending on the length of the video and frames per second)! Videos have a wide-variety of uses from generating excitement about a topic or explaining a concept, to detailing a process, providing professional development, and for marketing. Videos are a powerful tool and now hardware and software advances have literally placed video production into the palm of your hand!

This is a recording of a NISE Network online brown-bag conversation held in January 2015 that shares how some NISE Net partners present the basics of nano to different audiences. Presenters share their favorite examples, activities, resources, and videos.

The Nano mini-exhibition was designed to have a very wide reach, with hosts in multiple settings across the United States. Thus, a large part of the development process was dedicated to creating tools to make the exhibition welcoming and accessible to as many people as possible.

Students will examine the order of size of objects from the nanoscale to macroscale to visualize exponents and decimals, make size comparisons of objects, and develop an understanding of how small a nanometer is in comparison to common objects. This lesson uses the metric system.

Nanoscale science and technology (“nano” for short) is all around us and growing rapidly. Discovery how nanotechnology found in nature may eventually be applied to make even the most mundane tasks like scrubbing toilets a thing of the past!

Science rapper Mike Wilson AKA Coma Niddy has created several different nanotechnology videos.

Did you know that silver has antimicrobial abilities? The same silver that is in jewelry can kill germs, fungus and bacteria. Some scientists have developed nano-silver which is even more effective at blasting away germs. Learn all about here at Coma Niddy University!